Sim Copter Crashes

After months of flip-flopping, Maxis finally puts the ill-fated title to rest completely.

By IGN Staff

Maxis has pulled the plug of the oft-delayed Sim Copter 64 for Nintendo 64, sources from Japan told IGN64 late last week.

The helicopter action game for PC, based on the create-your-own-town simulation Sim City, was slated to appear on Nintendo's 64DD add-on, but delayed numerous times because Nintendo postponed the debut of its drive. Sim Copter 64 was even previewed at a very early stage at the Tokyo Game Show. Onlookers were not impressed with its foggy, first-generation graphics and the game's US release was soon cancelled in favor of a Japan-only release for the disk drive system.

Since then, Nintendo has again delayed the debut of the 64DD to later this year and Maxis, apparently losing faith in the viability of the title on the DD, has abandoned the project completely.

So far, only Sim City 2000 has been released for the N64 (Japan-only), but a second, polygonal variation on the city-building gameplay is slated for the 64DD.